Trainee, Legal
Espoo, FI
Fortum Legal & Compliance team is responsible for Fortum's corporate and business legal affairs, ethics and compliance, data privacy and internal controls within the Fortum Group. We are a team of approximately 40 high-level professionals located in Finland, Sweden, Poland and Norway.
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly-motivated legal trainee to join the Legal & Compliance team as legal trainee. You will be based in our company headquarters in Espoo and work together with our Legal & Compliance team and other professionals, with a great opportunity to learn from experienced team members.
Our trainee program offers law students a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in working at a large publicly listed company. As legal trainee, you will support our Legal & Compliance team and other stakeholders in a wide variety of assignments. One of your key responsibilities as a trainee will be reviewing and drafting NDAs and other agreements, but you will also conduct legal research and provide other day-to-day legal support. A part of the tasks can also be tailored based on your personal interests and previous work experience. We offer you a challenging and rewarding working environment.
This is a full-time traineeship for a fixed period of 6-7 months. We hope that you will be able to start your traineeship on 19 February 2024.
About you
You are currently a law student, and you have completed at least half of your law studies at a Finnish law school, or you can otherwise demonstrate solid knowledge of Finnish laws and the legal system.
Below is a list for you to check if you could be a match for us
- you have completed at least 180 ECTS of your legal studies (however, your master's degree is not completed yet at the time of starting the traineeship)
- you have an excellent command of Finnish and English (both written and spoken), and great communication skills in general
- you like to take initiative and also pay attention to detail
- you are quick to analyse new information and to grasp the big picture
- you are not afraid of working independently
- you are eager to deepen your understanding of the energy sector and contract law.
In addition, you could benefit from having
- previous work experience gained at a law firm and/or as part of a company's in-house legal team
- international experience, e.g. exchange studies
- experience in reviewing agreements.
We offer you
For you, working at Fortum means exciting opportunities to develop your expertise and create a meaningful career. With mutual trust, believing in people, and taking care of everyone's well-being, we can reach even better results. Flexibility is the new normal and we apply a hybrid way of working wherever possible.
Interested?
Please submit your application (with a transcript of your studies) by Wednesday 29.11.2023 at the latest. For more information about the position, kindly contact Legal Counsel Anni Savelius, 0504536365, or by email: anni.savelius@fortum.com. We may start interviewing candidates during the application period. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.
At Fortum, we are committed to building diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.
We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com